1848
1848: Soulouque organizes the ‘zinglins’, a loyal paramilitary force designed to neutralize the power of the regular army.
1848: Soulouque organizes the ‘zinglins’, a loyal paramilitary force designed to neutralize the power of the regular army. This group became the emperor’s primary tool for enforcing social control and suppressing political dissent.
Source · p. 83
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 83